Rug-fastener.



, 0. P. HYDE.

BUG PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. a, 1910.

992 357. Patented May 16, 1911.

OLIVER P. HYDE, OF MARIETTA, OHIO.

RUG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1911.

Application filed March 3, 1910. Serial No. 547,103.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER P. HYDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of IVashington and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Rug-Fastener, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of this invention to provide, in a merchantable andinexpensive form, a device which may be connected with a floor, toengage removably, the edge of a rug or carpet.

Specifically, it is the object of the invention to provide clampingelements of novel and improved form; to provide novel means for mountingthe spring whereby the clamping elements are actuated; to equip thedevice with a rug-engaging prong, and so to construct the movableportions of the device that the prong may not be dulled in opera tion,and to provide an element adapted to serve, at once, as a means forconnecting the clamping elements of the device pivotally', and as acooperating means to hold the rug in place.

The drawings show but one form of the invention, and it is to beunderstood that changes, properly falling within the scope of what isclaimed, may be made, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals of reference denotelike parts,-Figure 1 is a top plan showing the device in open position;Fig. 2 is a bottom plan showing the device in open position; Fig. 3 isan elevation of one end of the device, the same being in open position;Fig. 4: is an elevation of the opposite end of the device, the samebeing in closed position; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section, showingthe device in position to exercise its function as a rug-holdingelement.

In carryin out the invention, there is provided, as a fundamentalelement, a bottom plate 1, which, in its opposite edges, and ad jacentone end, is slit, portions of the plate 1 being bent substantially atright angles thereto, to form upstanding ears 2. A top plate 3 isprovided, the same having at one end, a rectangular disposed integrallyformed finger 4. Adjacent this finger 4, the plate 3 is slit, andportions of the plate are bent substantially at right angles thereto, to

define depending ears 5, adapted to register between the ears 2 of thebottom plate 1.

In order to connect the bottom plate 1 pivotally with the top plate 3, arod 6 is eX- tended through the ears 2 and 5, the rod be ing securedagainst movement, in the ears 5 of the top plate 3. In its intermediateportion, the rod 6 is bowed, as denoted by the numeral 7 in a planesubstantially parallel to the plane of the top plate 3, thus forming aneccentrically disposed portion in the rod 6, intermediate the endsthereof.

Fixed to the bottom plate 1 and rising at right angles thereto, arespaced pointed prongs 8, located within the contour of the top plate 3.As denoted by the numeral 9, the top plate 3 is convexed away from theprongs 8, to define in the said top plate, a depending edge 10.

Adjacent one end of the bottom plate 1, the same is slit in two parallellines, and struck upwardly, to form a strap 11, there being a notch 12in the opposite end of the plate. For the actuation of the top plate 3,a resilient spring 14 is provided, one end of which is inserted beneaththe strap 11, and securely clamped thereby upon the bottom plate 1. Thefree end 15 of the spring plate 14 is adapted to move in the notch 12 ofthe plate 1, and bears against the rectangularly disposed finger A ofthe top plate 3. In the bottom plate 1, adjacent the pivotal unionbetween the said plate and the top plate 3, there are openings 16,adapted to receive nails or screws, whereby the device may be securedupon the floor.

In practical operation, the top plate 3 is moved into a positionsubstantially at right angles to the bottom plate 1 as shown in Fig. 1of the drawings. The rug 17 is then dis posed upon the bottom plate 1,and the top plate 3 is swung downwardly. By this operation, the prongs 8will be forced through the rug, securely holding the rug in place. It isto be noted that the edge 10 of the top plate 3 bears upon the rug 17,and serves to space the pointed extremities of the prongs 8, againstcontact with the top plate 3, thus preventing the prongs from becomingdulled, even after long continued use.

Not only is the rug 17 held in place by means of the prongs 8 and theperipheral edge 10 of the top plate 3, but, as clearly shown in Fig. 5of the drawings, when the top plate 3 is swung downwardly into theposition there shown, the bowed eccentric portion 7 of the rod 6 willengage the edge of the rug, as shown, thus cooperating with the edge 10of the plate 3 in holding the rug in place upon the prongs 8.

The integrally formed strap 11 in the bottom plate 1 furnishes a secureand convenient means for holding the spring 14 in place, and the notch12 obviously permits the free end 15 of the spring to have the requisitemovement, without coming into contact with the floor upon which thedevice is mounted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A rug fastenerconsisting of clamping plates; and a rod connecting the plates forpivotal movement, the rod having an eccentrio portion arranged tocooperate with one of the plates in engaging the rug.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

OLIVER P. HYDE.

WVitnesses B. EVELEIGH, CHARLES W. RICHARDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

